Chapter 141 Negotiation (I)

In March, the first spring rain came in Xi'an. After the rain, people suddenly discovered that new buds grew on the willow branches. Then, peach blossoms and apricot blossoms bloomed in competition. This is how the spring girl walked in unintentionally.

The ancient city of Xi'an.

In order to mobilize Chiang Kai-shek's troops to win time, Zhang Qun and others deliberately delayed it. Because the base was initially determined, it was the spring plowing period, and the troops had to rest and renovate and train, they did not rush to sit at the negotiating table. Both sides were unhappy

Xuan had a surprising tacit understanding. Accompanied by Liu Shaoqi, Zhang Qun and others traveled all over the scenery of Xi'an, and even went to the tomb of Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang to pay tribute.

It was not until the morning of March 25 that the two sides sat down in the five halls of Huaqing Pond and began the first negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

The negotiations were at a deadlock from the beginning.

The Kuomintang representatives proposed that the Communist Party of China's military must withdraw from northern and eastern Sichuan, which is a prerequisite for negotiations.

The Communist Party representative proposed that the Kuomintang must withdraw the main force of the Central Army deployed on the Tongguan line and Xue Yue's troops on the Deyang line, otherwise it would not show the sincerity of the Kuomintang's negotiations.

Both sides were quarreling on this issue, and they were having a lot of fun fighting.

Liu Yimin sat there without saying a word, looking at several representatives of the Kuomintang, laughing in his heart. He clearly had no sincerity, but he pretended to be fighting for an inch of land. This play was also performed too seriously!

Let’s look at these celebrities, they are all images that often appear in movies and TV in later generations, and the gap is not big.

Thinking about these Kuomintang negotiators, they are all outstanding figures in history. Not only Zhang Qunbian said that, they will promote the change of flags in the Northeast, which is a great contribution. Shao Lizi had a conclusion in history, which one is that

One of the symbols of intellectuals' pursuit of progress in the era. Zhang Zhizhong made great contributions to the Shanghai War of Resistance Against Shanghai, and finally went to revolution. Only Chen Cheng, who looked short and thin, acted in the world, deliberately imitated Chiang Kai-shek, and was known as the "little chairman". However, Chen Cheng

Although this person is active in anti-communist relations, he is very honest. His civil engineering troops are relatively democratic in management and have made great contributions in the War of Resistance. If Chiang Kai-shek did not launch a civil war, he would maintain a good situation of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the early stages of the Northern Expedition, these elite figures would have been the best in the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the early days of the Northern Expedition.

I'm afraid we will make greater achievements in governing the country!

Just as Liu Yimin was silently looking at Zhang Zhizhong and Chen Cheng, Zhang Zhizhong and Chen Cheng were also silently looking at Liu Yimin. It turned out that this Red Army general who had caused the national army to suffer repeated defeats was a handsome young man!

Seeing that the negotiations could not continue, Zhou Enlai proposed to revise the meeting and continued in the afternoon. Zhang Qun agreed that the representatives of both parties would leave the five halls and return to their residences to rest.

Zhou Enlai called Liu Shaoqi, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan together to study countermeasures.

Liu Shaoqi believes that two measures can be taken: one is to make appropriate concessions so that the negotiations can continue; the other is to drag down. Although it is conducive to Chiang Kai-shek's adjustment of deployment, it is also conducive to the rest and rest of our army. Especially when the spring plowing is busy

, dragging it out is beneficial to the production of military and civilians in the base area.

Liu Yimin knew that the Japanese were planning the North China Incident in full swing, and the situation would escalate by May, but Chiang Kai-shek was not yet aware of it and was still preparing for a civil war. Think about the fact that the Central Red Army was still fighting on the border between Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan at this time in history.

Chiang Kai-shek had no time to take into account the North China Incident, so he had to give in. After the North China Incident ended, the Guangdong-Guangdong Incident broke out again in 36 years. After Chiang Kai-shek handled these matters, he did not actively respond to the challenges of the Japanese army, but mobilized a large army to prepare to encircle and suppress the Red Army, which led to the Xi'an Incident.

It can be said that before the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, China wasted two years in vain. If we use these two years and make preparations for the war of resistance, once it starts, China will not have eaten as much as in history in the early days of the war of resistance.

A big loss.

If the negotiations can achieve substantial results, it would be great that the two sides will truly cease to fight.

Seeing that Liu Yimin didn't speak, Zhou Enlai lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking, he said, "Comrade Liu Yimin, what are your opinions?"

Seeing Vice Chairman Zhou ask, Liu Yimin said: "My personal opinion does not agree with delaying. Now the Japanese army is very restless in North China and will provoke trouble anytime and anywhere. At the critical moment of national crisis, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party should stop the civil war as soon as possible and respond to the crisis. Although this

The negotiation may not be successful, but we must work towards success. Now Chiang Kai-shek has to use the negotiation to delay time and adjust the deployment, and we must also be busy with spring plowing, land reform, and training the troops. Both sides are actually willing to delay the negotiation.

Not good, the longer the delay, the greater the accumulated war energy. After fighting in the future, the scale of the battle may not be controlled by Chiang Kai-shek or us. Letting so many outstanding soldiers die on the battlefield of the civil war is for the nation,

Irresponsible to the country. Besides, once Chiang Kai-shek is ready, he will find excuses to terminate the negotiations at any time. Therefore, we must seize the opportunity to reach an armistice agreement with the Kuomintang as soon as possible and use an agreement to restrain him. Even if he wants to fight, he can

Let the people of the whole country see the essence of his blind civil war."

Zhou Enlai asked: "Do you mean to make some concessions?"

Liu Yimin nodded.

Luo Ronghuan said: "The Kuomintang has too much appetite, and it is inappropriate to give it all to them, so comrades will have ideas."

Liu Yimin said: "We can make a concession first, with the Fu River as the boundary. However, we must change the negotiation strategy. On the one hand, we promised the Kuomintang that if the agreement is reached, our party can make major concessions. On the other hand, we will talk first.

In the afternoon, we concentrated our efforts to exchange prisoners of war, and exchanged with Hu Zongnan for Fang Zhimin and Liu Chouxi. It is easy to start and then difficult. Every time an agreement is reached, the negotiation results will be announced to the outside world, causing pressure from all walks of life across the country to force Chiang Kai-shek.

He stopped the civil war.”

Zhou Enlai asked Comrade Shaoqi again what he had to say. Liu Shaoqi said that he would do as Comrade Liu Yimin said. Even if Chiang Kai-shek wanted to fight a civil war, he also made him famous for destroying negotiations and launching a civil war.

Zhou Enlai reported everyone's opinions to the Central Committee, and the Central Committee quickly called back to agree.

At the beginning of the negotiations in the afternoon, Zhou Enlai said: "Dear delegates, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party can sit together, which is a victory in itself. We were entrusted by the two parties to stop the civil war and fight against Japan and negotiate on unanimously, which shows that both parties have seen the current foreign enemies clearly.

If the fact of aggression is not united to fight against Japan, there will be danger of national destruction. I wonder if I can reach a consensus with you in this view?"

After several members of the Kuomintang negotiated, Zhang Qun said: "Mr. Enlai, the current situation in China is indeed at a time when we need to unite with the outside world. This shows that we can sit together. However, we believe that the factors that affect China's unity and anti-Japanese war.

Many, one of the most important ones is that your party uses force to fight against the central government, resulting in the state's government and military orders being blocked, exhausting the people and causing financial loss, and becoming weak and sick. Therefore, in order to achieve unity and fight against Japan, your party must give up the proposition of violent revolution and obey the central leadership and the army.

Accept the adaptation, otherwise, there is no way to talk about it."

Liu Yimin was annoyed when he heard this. These people should be very politically intelligent and able to see the current situation clearly, but they are still strong in their attitude. In the morning, they said that giving up North Sichuan was a prerequisite, and in the afternoon, they said that they would not give up their violent revolutionary propositions and that they would not accept the adaptation.

There is no way to talk about it. What kind of demon moth will appear tomorrow? It is simply delaying the negotiation time! Without teaching them a lesson, it seems that they don’t know who they are!

Liu Yimin was about to have an attack when Zhou Enlai said calmly: "The previous sentence of Mr. Yue Jun is to agree with what I just said, right?"

Zhang Qun nodded.

Zhou Enlai immediately told the comrades who served as the recorder: "Please record, the representatives of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party unanimously believe that it is time to unite and fight against Japan."

Zhang Qun looked at Zhou Enlai and wanted to say something but finally didn't say anything.

Zhou Enlai continued: "As for Mr. Yue Jun's statement that our party used force to fight against the central government, resulting in the state's government orders, military orders were blocked, exhausted the people and financially damaged, and weakened the disease," I cannot agree. As we all know, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party united for the first time, and promoted the

During the Northern Expedition, countless Communists were stained with blood in the Northern Expedition battlefield. I myself served as the director of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy and the Director of the Political Department of the First Army, and participated in the leadership of the Eastern Expedition. It was Chiang Kai-shek who betrayed the revolution, launched the April 12th coup, and massacred the Communists.

, does it force us to pick up the gun and fight him? But we won’t talk about this today, this history is left to future generations to comment on.”

Before Zhou Enlai could finish his words, Chen Cheng couldn't sit still.

Chen Cheng is one of the few honest and self-confident cadres in the Kuomintang, and is good at politics and is very well-educated. But one thing is that he regards Chiang Kai-shek as an idol and is loyal and cannot hear others say that Chiang Kai-shek is bad. This time, Zhou Enlai

He said that Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution, what kind of cultivation and calmness skills were, he ran to the back of his head. He stood up and pointed at Zhou Enlai and said, "If the Communist Party does not obey the leader, it should be eliminated! I don't allow you to slander it."

leader!"

Liu Yimin, who had long wanted to have an attack, found the explosion point, slapped the table, stood up and said coldly: "Mr. Chen Cheng, please take back your fingers. How dare you disrespect Vice Chairman Zhou? I don't think you want to

I want your hand!"

Chen Cheng retorted: "Aren't you the one Liu Yimin who ambushed several victories by sneak attacks? Why are you crazy? Can you guarantee that you will always have that good luck? If you have the ability, we will set up troops with real swords and guns.

, see if my Central Army is powerful or your Red Seventh Army is powerful!”

Liu Yimin smiled: "You are no match for setting up troops and setting up soldiers and shooting them out with real swords and guns. I'll ask you first, has Vice Chairman Zhou been your chief in the Whampoa Military Academy? You are the ones who are like you when the Whampoa soldiers meet the chief.

What is your style? Besides, Vice Chairman Zhou just stated a fact and did not say that Chairman Jiang has a bad character. Can this be considered slander?"

Only then did Chen Cheng realize that he had been Meng Lang and said, "Mr. Enlai, I'm sorry!" Then he sat in his seat in disappointment.

Seeing Chen Cheng sitting down, Liu Yimin also sat back on his seat. He looked at the representatives sitting upright and said in a deep voice: "Please forgive me for my disobedience just now. Compared with you, I am a backward generation, and here is a negotiation between the two parties.

The place shouldn't be so impulsive. But I see that everyone has been verbally suing and is anxious. Have you ever thought about what the Japanese are doing when we are quarreling here? They are sharpening their knives and rushing towards North China! We are driving both sides

When soldiers fight with rifles and grenades, Japanese planes and warships may rush towards us at any time. Mr. Zhang Qun, Mr. Shao Lizi, Lieutenant General Zhang Zhi, and General Chen Cheng are all famous generals of the Northern Expedition, and they are also loyal heroes who are loyal to the country.

Mr. Zhang Qun negotiated with Japan many times. Lieutenant General Zhang Zhi had bloody clothes on the Shanghai world. He should have a deep understanding of the Japanese ambitions. It is General Chen Cheng. Although he has never fought the Japanese army and specializes in fighting the Red Army, he is as close as the sea as ours, but I

I appreciate General Chen Cheng's proposal to be greedy for money and not afraid of death when he was the commander of the 11th Division. I believe that with General Chen Cheng's wisdom, we will not be unable to see who the real enemy of China is today. Including Chairman Jiang, I am afraid that it is not unclear.

.You guys, don’t you know if what I said is right?”

All the representatives of the Kuomintang fell into silence. In fact, their silence was not only about agreeing with Liu Yimin's words, but more importantly, they could not have imagined that a Communist Party leader, negotiator, would actually comment on them like this. This was shocking!

Liu Yimin continued: "Although I am young, I have read some books and know that whether it is the Kuomintang or the Communist Party, they are all political parties. Since it is a political party, it must represent the interests of the people and gain the support and support of the people. The Kuomintang is to overthrow it.

The Qing Dynasty, which was established to seek a path to enrich the country and strengthen the army, did make great contributions to national liberation. The Communist Party was also established to save China. In national liberation movements such as the Northern Expedition, it also wrote about the country and the nation with blood and life.

The loyalty of the two parties is just the different paths of saving the country and the people. It doesn’t matter if the ideology is different, but the political views are different. You can seek common ground while reserving differences. But you can’t say that the ideology is different. If the political views are different, you have to eliminate the other party. There are two major parties in the United States.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party have different ruling philosophy and different policies after taking office. They often abuse each other for elections, but the Democratic Party never says that the Republican Party does not protect the interests of the United States, and the Republican Party does not say that the Democratic Party does not protect the interests of the United States. Why are we not

Want to kill one's life or death? Can't we learn from other people's demeanor?"

No one spoke, Liu Yimin knew that his words were too shocking to everyone and it took time to digest. But since he had spoken, he had to finish it. Then he said, "I know that now the army is strong and the horses are strong, and Chairman Jiang is also

The army is being mobilized and ready to continue fighting with us. Let you negotiate, but in fact, it is to numb us and buy time for his military deployment. As long as he completes the deployment, the negotiations will be terminated and an attack will be launched anytime, anywhere. Think about it.

, Don’t say that Chiang Kai-shek’s idea is wishful thinking, what if he wins? Will the Japanese not invade us? At that time, we need excellent soldiers to fight against the Japanese army, but these soldiers have been consumed in the civil war battlefield

We need officers with combat experience to command the troops to fight, but these officers have fallen at the guns of both of us. These people could have died with the Japanese army with explosives, but unfortunately, the leader

To fight a civil war, they will not be recognized by the whole nation even if they die. Everyone says, what are we doing? What do the people think of us? What does the international community think of us?"

The five halls were silent, and only Liu Yimin's words echoed in everyone's ears: "I can tell you that after our army occupied Chengdu, we can take advantage of the situation and concentrate our forces to destroy all the Sichuan army, and wait until Xue Yue leads his army to arrive.

Eliminate it and occupy all Sichuan. Even after we occupy Xi'an, we can also conquer Luoyang and eliminate the Central Army stationed in Luoyang. But we did not do that. If I say this, you may not believe it. But I still want to tell you, I

The reason why the Party did not do this was to prevent the Kuomintang army from losing too much force, to retain a strategic rear for the National Government, and to retain some vitality for the National Army, so as not to lose all-out war of resistance, and even to defeat Nanjing and Shanghai.

Throw it to the Japanese. Our party hopes that both sides will sit down, respect each other in the purpose of unity and fight against Japan, and seriously discuss the strategy of saving the country. I hope your party will not think that today's Red Army is still the Red Army of the past, and can allow you to encircle and suppress it. Don't think about negotiations

In order to respond to the Communist Party’s appeal, perfunctorily respond to the public’s calls for a stop to the civil war, I am here to rush and argue. I can tell you responsibly that our army is ready to repel your attack. But let me explain one thing first, as

Red Army soldiers, my ideal is to go to the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War to fight the Japanese, not the National Army. I have stated several times that if we dare to pursue and suppress the Red Army and obstruct the Red Army from going north to fight against Japan, our army will regard it as a traitor and resolutely eliminate it.
To be continued...